[HTML][HTML] Curcumin inhibits formation of amyloid β oligomers and fibrils, binds plaques, and reduces amyloid in vivo

…, OJ Ubeda, MR Simmons, SS Ambegaokar… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation, oxidative damage, and
inflammation, and risk is reduced with increased antioxidant and anti-inflammatory consumption. …

Insulin-degrading enzyme as a downstream target of insulin receptor signaling cascade: implications for Alzheimer's disease intervention

…, T Morihara, GP Lim, SS Ambegaokar… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is one of the proteins that has been demonstrated to play a
key role in degrading β-amyloid (Aβ) monomer in vitro and in vivo, raising the possibility of …

Antibodies against β‐amyloid reduce aβ oligomers, glycogen synthase kinase‐3β activation and τ phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro

…, F Yang, SS Ambegaokar… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Although active and passive immunization against the β‐amyloid peptide (Aβ) of amyloid
plaque‐bearing transgenic mice markedly reduces amyloid plaque deposition and improves …

Functional genomic screen and network analysis reveal novel modifiers of tauopathy dissociated from tau phosphorylation

SS Ambegaokar, GR Jackson - Human molecular genetics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
A functional genetic screen using loss-of-function and gain-of-function alleles was performed
to identify modifiers of tau-induced neurotoxicity using the 2N/4R (full-length) isoform of wild…

[PDF][PDF] Curcumin inhibits dose-dependently and time-dependently neuroglial cell proliferation and growth

SS Ambegaokar, L Wu, K Alamshahi… - Neuroendocrinology …, 2003 - researchgate.net
… Our work focuses on CUR’s … CUR’s anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant actions may be useful
in the prevention-treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, eg Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Quantitative Assessment of Eye Phenotypes for Functional Genetic Studies Using Drosophila melanogaster

…, L Pizzo, S Grönke, SS Ambegaokar… - G3: Genes …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
About two-thirds of the vital genes in the Drosophila genome are involved in eye development,
making the fly eye an excellent genetic system to study cellular function and development…

Neurodegenerative models in Drosophila: polyglutamine disorders, Parkinson disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SS Ambegaokar, B Roy, GR Jackson - Neurobiology of disease, 2010 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases encompass a large group of neurological disorders. Clinical
symptoms can include memory loss, cognitive impairment, loss of movement or loss of control …

[HTML][HTML] Heme oxygenase-1 promoter region (GT) n polymorphism associates with increased neuroimmune activation and risk for encephalitis in HIV infection

AJ Gill, R Garza, SS Ambegaokar, BB Gelman… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a critical cytoprotective enzyme that limits oxidative
stress, inflammation, and cellular injury within the central nervous system (CNS) and other …

Heme oxygenase-1 dysregulation in the brain: implications for HIVassociated neurocognitive disorders

SS Ambegaokar, DL Kolson - Current HIV Research, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a highly inducible and ubiquitous cellular enzyme that subserves
cytoprotective responses to toxic insults, including inflammation and oxidative stress. In …

Interaction Between Eye Pigment Genes and Tau-Induced Neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster

SS Ambegaokar, GR Jackson - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Null mutations in the genes white and brown, but not scarlet, enhance a rough eye phenotype
in a Drosophila melanogaster model of tauopathy; however, adding rosy mutations …